Seismic upgrade of historical monuments
The testimonies of the past stone architecture got to the present are represented by some Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic buildings; the fact that these ancient works still remain standing, proves an extreme stability of their structure. On the other hand, these constructions are only a few examples of […]
Tendon System
SEISMIC RESPONSE CONTROL OF RIGID BLOCK SYSTEMS BY USING TENDON SYSTEM: THE CASE OF GREEK COLUMNS The following lines are a summary of the paper by E. Tortorella, I. Marino, L. Petti (University of Salerno, Italy), M. N. Khanlou, U. Dorka (University of Kassel, Germany), presented at the Conference […]